A pair of cast iron candelabra after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
A pair of cast iron candelabra after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Cast iron with chocolate brown patina, filled (possibly with plaster). Cast in several parts and screw-mounted. H 30 cm.
Attributed to Royal Berlin Iron Foundry, around 1825.
Provenance
Private collection, Potsdam.
Literature
Cf. Arenhövel, Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, cat. no. 341, for a design drawing of this " precious chandelier in the form of a chalice made of acanthus leaves". Arenhövel mentions a similar model that was cast in Ilsenburg.
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A pair of cast iron candelabra after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Cast iron with chocolate brown patina, filled (possibly with plaster). Cast in several parts and screw-mounted. H 30 cm.
Attributed to Royal Berlin Iron Foundry, around 1825.
Provenance
Private collection, Potsdam.
Literature
Cf. Arenhövel, Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, cat. no. 341, for a design drawing of this " precious chandelier in the form of a chalice made of acanthus leaves". Arenhövel mentions a similar model that was cast in Ilsenburg.